{"id":67,"date":"2022-04-07T08:05:04","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T07:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/?page_id=67"},"modified":"2024-02-01T17:45:27","modified_gmt":"2024-02-01T17:45:27","slug":"cereals-food-story","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/discovering-our-countryside.co.uk\/index.php\/food-stories\/cereals-food-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Cereals Food Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cereals grown in this country include: wheat, barley, oats and rye. The process for growing them is essentially the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Cereal Food Story features the following videos:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Introduction to Cereals Food Story<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Preparing Land \u2013 How the land is prepared for planting cereals.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Sowing Cereal Seed \u2013 Sowing cereal seeds is done with a seed drill which use precision agriculture.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. Crop Care \u2013 How a farmer looks after cereal crops whilst they are growing.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. Applying Fertiliser \u2013 Why cereal crops need nutrients and how these are applied.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. Pests and Disease \u2013 How farmer controls pests and disease that attack his crops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  7. Harvesting Cereals \u2013 How farmers harvest and store their cereal crops.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  8. Uses of Cereals \u2013 How cereal crops are used to make food.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    To learn more about cereal growing in the UK visit the Agriculture-4-U website Cereals Page<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

    To see photos of different combine harvesters visit the Mark-<\/a>Thompson.photography<\/a> site<\/a> <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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